[bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 05:17:56 -0700 (PDT)
For those people who are newbies in the discussion group, someone referred to
the Bookshare volunteers as 'deranged perfectionists' a long while ago, and
there was a general concensus that that's a good way to describe us. Clearly
Evan fits right in with this group! :-)
Carrie
Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Deranged perfectionist, you say? I know the feeling. The first book I
validated, I read right through it - I would have done so anyway, as it was
part of a series that I wanted to continue - and corrected every error I could.
But, alas, I am not a professional proofreader, so when the book is approved
and put in the collection, what to my amazement should appear a typo in the
long synopsis for all to see! It wasn't my error, as I hadn't scanned the
book, but I had read the dust jacket info from which the synopsis was taken,
and thought I had fixed everything. I could have screamed. I think I actually
might have, I don't remember for sure now, but I wouldn't be surprised if I
actually did.
Life is hard for perfectionists.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:42 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
Gerald's correct. Being an extremely deranged perfectionist :-), I try to
make all the books I validate perfect before I upload them. There are some
exceptions but the vast majority are as perfect as I can get them, so naturally
the Bookshare staff asked if I would validate the New York Times books by
myself. I consider it a major victory that I got them to agree to NOT replace
excellent New York Times books that are already in the collection. They really
really want those books to be very high quality.
Carrie
Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
Carrie?s been scanning, submitting, and validating them. Bookshare
wants these books to be extremely high quality, so they?re being handled
in-house.
HTH
Gerald
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:22 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
I don't believe those N>Y> Times books are validated.
----- Original Message -----
From: siss52
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
Hi Carrie,
You do so much. It seems Gustavo shouold allow you to put the NYT
bestsellers on the Step 1 page so you could get help validating them.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
I've scanned and OCRed the March NY Times bestsellers, but I need the IT
guy to install WinZip on the new computer in the volunteer office so I can
email the books home and work on them there. Sorry, it'll be another week or
two before they show up. Then I'll have to think about May (can you tell I'm
getting behind on this? I'll try to catch up in the next few weeks!)
Carrie
Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On the New York Times link it says it includes books through March but no
books are listed on the site; only those through February. Can Carrie tell
us if any books from March have been added?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy M Hill"
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:22 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NY Times Best Seller List
> When are the new bestsellers of each month added to the NY Times
> Bestseller List?
>
> If there happened to be a month where there were no changes would there be
> some sort of indication in place that would let us know?
>
> Would it be possible to add a type of pending file where we could look and
> see which books were to be added to subsequent months; something like
> March: then just list the name and author of the book; May, listing the
> same, etc? Then When the month is added to the actual downloadable list,
> remove the month from the 'pending' file.
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